Chapter 4.

Morning had broken and the Angel's were already working their new case, finding the stranger who helped Jill and then disappeared afterwards. Kelly had started her day at the police crime labs checking in on Kris's car for any clues or leads. She met with her old friend Steve who was in charge of the case.

'Morning Steve, what have you got for me?' Kelly said handing a cup of coffee she had brought with her from the machine.

'Morning Kelly, thanks, well, so far not a great deal. Looks like your mystery girl was wearing gloves the whole time she was in the car with Jill. How is she by the way?' Steve asked stopping to take a sip of his coffee.

'She's OK, we got to see her last night. She was pretty groggy obviously but she's going to be OK. Visiting hours are in a little while so we're all meeting there with whatever we find.' Kelly followed after Steve as he entered in to a large indoor garage styled room that was housing Kris's car.

'That's good to hear, give her my best will you.' Steve said as he placed he cup down on his desk grabbing his clipboard with his forms and notes on with his other hand.

'I will, thanks. So what is there that you can show me?' Kelly headed to the car

'Well, there isn't much in the car, in fact apart from showing you the skill she had with the hot wiring job she did there is anything at all. Over here though we have the clothes Jill was wearing, we check these for anything that could help us like blood that isn't Jill's, hair that kind of thing.' Steve said putting on latex gloves and pointing out the table area where the clothes were. 'So here is where obviously Jill was wounded.' Steve motioned his hand around the blood stained area. 'However when we turn the jumper over we find another blood stain that doesn't match with where Jill was wounded.'

'Couldn't it have been our mystery girl, where she helped Jill she may have just transferred the blood to another position.' Kelly theorised.

'Well it could have been, and you're almost right. It isn't Jill's blood, we've checked. It's also not from any of the men involved in the shoot out brawl.'

'So our helper was wounded. It is her blood I take it.' Kelly asked.

'An educated guess but yes, the blood is from a woman and not Jill and as none of you were near her.'

'It must be our mystery girl. You can tell all of that from blood.' Kelly said amazed by the scientific wonder.

'Pretty cool huh? Give me your hand.' Steve said holding out his hand to take Kelly's. She looked at him baffled. 'It's OK, look, I'm going to take a small sample of your blood and well show the amazement of science.' Steve said a smile beaming across his face.

'OK, but this had better not hurt.' Kelly joked as she placed her hand palm up in to Steve's. He took a sterile needle and pricked the tip of Kelly's finger. Dripping a small amount of her blood on to a glass slide.

'OK, so I take this small amount of blood and run a few tests and can find out so many things about you and also take you out of the equation as to who else has been in Kris's car.'

'An little elaborate way of doing that don't you think?' Kelly said smiling as she wrapped the tip of her finger in the tissue Steve had handed her.

'Maybe' he said 'but it's far more fun this way!' Steve said enthused. Kelly thanked him for his help and left him to his 'fun' asking him to call her should he come up with any new information for her that related to the mystery girl. Getting back to her car Kelly checked in with Bosley to see where everyone was.

'We're here at the office Kelly but we're just about to leave for the hospital.' Bosley explained.

'OK Bos, I'll meet you all there. See you in a few, bye.'

Caitlin woke finding every part of her body seemed to ache. Pushing her self up to a sitting position on her bed burning pain soared through her shoulder.

'Oww!' She yelled, for a moment when she woke she had forgotten about the bullet that had gone through her shoulder. Looking at her bedside clock she knew she had to get up even though she could stay in bed all day something she so desperately wanted to do. Charlie had arranged things at the hospital so she could get through to Jill's room a little earlier than visiting hours, this would also mean being there before the other Angel's. Slowly swinging her beds round to the side of her bed she got up and moved in to the bathroom, several minutes later she reappeared looking a little more refreshed than she did when she entered. A towel wrapped around her Caitlin went to her closet pulling out her blue jeans a black western styled shirt with a red rose embroidered on its back and a white vest top, grabbing socks and things from her chest of drawers she changed, checking her wounds dressing before putting on her vest top and shirt.

'Right,' she said checking her appearance in the long mirror standing in her bedroom 'everything looks good. Time to face the music, ugh. This is going to suck.' Grabbing her tan leather jacket as she left her room Cate walked out into the living area of her apartment. Picking up her keys and money, which she stuffed in to her back pocket, she left her apartment and headed down to her car. Climbing in to her black Mustang she winced as she fell back a little too hard on to her bad shoulder.

'That's going to get to be annoying.' Starting up the car she drove on to the hospital.

Once parked in the hospitals car park Cate headed in to the building itself. Finding the right floor for Jill's room Cate first headed to the gift store picking up some fruit and magazine as she had intended. Cate hated hospitals, the smell the general feeling she had when she was in them, an uncomfortable feeling that disappeared as soon as she walked out of them. With grapes and magazine in hand Cate went on to the elevator straight up to Jill's floor, exiting the elevator Cate turned left and carried on down the hall until she found herself outside Jill's room. She stood there for a while not moving, different scenario's racing through her mind, what she was going to say, what they were going to say, not going in at all and just leaving now. Automatically her hand took the handle of the door and opened it, as if without control of herself she walked in to the room. The blinds were open and the early morning sun was just beginning to peer in to the room. Jill lay asleep in her bed, Cate moved to the foot of Jill's bed and placed the magazine and bag of grapes on to the table above Jill's feet. She looked around the room, realising she hadn't checked to see if anyone else was in the room, there wasn't, they were alone. Cate picked Jill's chart from its place at the foot of Jill's bed. She didn't really understand everything that was written in it but understood enough to know that Jill was going to be OK.

'Unless you're my doctor, I don't think you should be here or reading my chart.' Cate smiled as she looked over to Jill who had woken since she had been in the room.

'Well, I'm not a doctor but I'm pleased to read and see that you're OK.' Cate said replacing the chart to its place.

'Thanks to you, now, do you want to tell me who you are or do I need to call in security.' Jill sternly said.

'Well, if I was here to harm you in any way, which I'm not, don't you think I would have done that by now? I come in peace Jill, I'm a friend I hope to be any way. My name is Caitlin Fox and I work for Charlie Townsend.' Cate explained, best to get it all out in one go was her thinking. Silence fell between the two women. 'Grape?' Cate offered. Jill looked at her for the longest time before finally speaking.

'Well. Now it all makes sense. Come over here and take a seat, you're right, we have a lot of talking to do and we'd best get as much as we can done before my friends get here, I'm sure they were talking about you last night. I was kind of out of it so some things are hazy. I remember you though and how you helped me and saved my life.' Jill motioned for Cate to sit up by the side of her on the hospital bed.

'Are you sure you're OK for me to be sat up here, it won't hurt or anything?' Cate asked nervous to get to close not wanting to harm Jill in any way.

'It's fine really, come on.' Jill patted the bed where Cate came over to and sat upon.

'So, how long have you been working for Charlie?' Jill asked resting her hands across her stomach.

'Almost two years now.' Cate answered popping a grape in to her mouth as she did.

'And you've just been there around in the shadows. Where we've never seen you.'

'Pretty much, you may have thought you'd seen me in the corner of your eye but before you could turn to check I'd already have moved. Ever wondered at times how you got out of impossible situations when the other Angel's weren't around or when some thug seemed to be clumsy enough to fall down or over?' Jill tilted her head to the side smiling slightly, amazed by what she was being told. 'That was me.'

'What about yesterday? You got more than a little involved then.' Jill asked taking a grape out of the bag for herself.

'True but yesterday was different. Yesterday was the kind of day Charlie and I both knew could come. The bullets flying by me didn't help my temper much either.'

'Or that guy sucker punching you.' Jill quipped

'Yeah, thanks for the heads up on that one by the way.' Cate joked

'Well, how was I to know if you were a friend or foe?'

'How about the fact that he didn't greet me with open arms but a closed fist!' The two women laughed which made Jill wince with pain from her ribs.

'Oh, please don't make me laugh it hurts too much.'

'Sorry. You need me to get anyone or anything?' Cate asked concerned.

'No, I'm fine but if you wouldn't mind passing me a cup of water. I can't quite reach it with out pulling on my stitches.'

'Sure thing, kind of silly to put a patients cup and water in an awkward position for them.' Cate thought aloud as she reached for the cup and jug. As she reached over Jill to get to the cup she herself had to stop with a sharp in take of breath. Jill put her hands up on to Cates sides to steady her.

'Hey, you OK?' She asked worried

'Fine,' Cate lied moving her arm back down to a lower position on her lap 'just seem to forget about the stitched hole in my shoulder. A bullet hit me as we both went out the window, at least I think that's when I got hit? With all the adrenaline and making sure you didn't fall, well you know, with all that going on I got a shot through the shoulder.' Cate placed her hand on the dressing under her shirt to make sure she hadn't split any stitiches, all good no blood. She caught Jill's expression when she looked back at her. 'I'm OK Jill really, it's all been checked and fixed up I'm good to fight another day, just not the next few hopefully.'

'Did you get it seen to here because the others didn't say anything about it.' Jill asked

'Well they wouldn't. I didn't even know it had happened until I was nearly home. Some guy bumped into me, I felt the pain of it that time, jumped in to another cab and went to a doctor friend of mine, fixed me up in no time.' Cate said as she got up from where she sat and walked round Jill's bed to get her a cup of water, she handed it to her as she sat back on the bed. Jill sipped from the cup and handed it back to Cate who placed the cup on the side table closest to Jill. Just as Cate placed the cup down the door opened with Kris, Kelly, Sabrina and Bosley walking in upon seeing Cate, Kris reached for her revolver as Kelly moved forward grabbing Cate and throwing her to the ground. Everything happened so quickly before Cate knew what was going on she had four revolver barrels aimed down on her.

'Good morning to you to Angel's.' Cate said coughing slightly as she had the wind knocked out her. Moving to roll to her left side so she could stand Kelly moved forward knocking Cate back to the floor with her foot. Cate swore in pain as Kelly had pushed her shoulder that had been shot, down hard to the floor.

'Stop it!' Jill yelled from her bed 'What's the matter with you all? Let her up!' No one answered Jill or looked at her the Angel's and Bosley kept their focus on Cate who stayed still on the floor her patience wearing thin. 'Don't make me get out of this bed and knock some sense in to y'all you know I will.' Kris turned to her sister confusion and anger running through her facial expressions as she spoke to her big sister.

'Jill, we don't know who this is or what she may try and you're just sat in here alone with her not getting any security in. What's the matter with you?'

'I was shot and that girl on floor there, who's name is Cate by the way, is the reason I'm still here alive and about to kick you all in the butt if you don't put your guns away and calm down.' Jill shouted throwing her bed covers off her readying herself to get out of the bed.

'All right Jill, all right.' Sabrina said lowering her gun 'everyone, lets just calm down.' Everyone moved back from Cate lowering their guns and stepping away from her allowing her the room to get up from the floor. Kris moved to her sister pulling her covers back over her not looking Jill in the face once. Jill shook her head and looked over to Cate who by that time was stood watching what was to come next.

'You OK?' Jill asked looking through her friends straight at Cate.

'Yeah, fine.'

'What about your shoulder?'

'It's fine Jill, no problem' Cate lied. Jill raised her eyebrows at her.

'Really?'

'Well the boot in the wound probably didn't help matters much but I'm fine let's just move on.' Cate said moving towards the couch against the wall of the private room. The Angel's and Bosley watching every move she made until she was seated. Cate checked her shoulder but didn't see any sign of blood or harm, Marcus had done a good of patching her up, must have been stitched extra tight she thought, Marcus knew Cate well enough to know she'd pull a stitch within a minute.

'So,' Sabrina started 'you want to tell us who you are, and what you were doing at the docks yesterday evening.' Sabrina stood waiting for an answer whilst Bosley and Kelly each took a seat in the arm chairs surrounding the coffee table opposite the couch Cate was sitting on. Kris moved around to the other side of Jill's bed so she too could see Cate as she spoke. Cate moved herself in her seat leaning back to look at Jill, with a look of help on her face. Jill spoke up first.

'Everyone meet Caitlin Fox, she works for Charlie.'